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Spyderman248

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Hello all, I’m currently working a lot of overtime and I’m dying to spend some money on a new knife. What is currently on my radar is the giant mouse Clyde, the Fox suru and the protech godson. And of course I’m open to any suggestions of knives I should check out. Any help on narrowing it down would be greatly appreciated
 
Would help if you started the narrowing down. Desired size range, preferred lock type (if any), handle material, steel preferences, budget, open to fixed or traditionals - whatever you can think of...otherwise you'll get a bunch of suggestions that simply aren't things I'd interest to you.
 
You've covered a lot of ground, in just three choices!

Check your State and local laws, regarding the Godson. Some states lump automatics in with switchblades, and there are some states that online retailers won't even ship them to.

I would say the Clyde is the most practical choice of the three for mundane cutting chores. My personal opinion is that the Suru is a little small, and the Godson is a little focused on what has been called "serious social situations".

If you're looking to get a knife that's mostly a collectible or novelty piece, I would go with the Godson. It's more specialized blade shape has a kind of appeal, and it ought to hold most of it's value, especially if you don't carry it.

I think that you would be least satisfied by the Suru, in either case. It's too small to be a really practical choice, and it's not "special" enough to be a collectible piece.

Now. Remember three things:

1) I'm "that guy on the Internet".

2) I'm a self-professed fan of Columbia River Knife and Tool, and I also like sharpened prybars.

3) Free advice is worth what you pay for it.

4) That's really four things.
 
Of the ones you've mentioned, I'd agree that the giant Mouse is your only real choice. Elmax is a good steel and the blade thickness will serve you well.
Fox is a midget and the Godson is to show off to mall ninja buddies. I just cannot see ANY use of those two as a EDC.
The Mouse is okay as long as you are content with a 3" blade...which many of us are...
 
I'll always suggest a BM Crooked River.
Or a XM-18.

But out of the ones that you mentioned, and without any other info, I'd also go with the Clyde.
 
Spyderman248 said:
Hello all, I’m currently working a lot of overtime and I’m dying to spend some money on a new knife. What is currently on my radar is the giant mouse Clyde, the Fox suru and the protech godson. And of course I’m open to any suggestions of knives I should check out. Any help on narrowing it down would be greatly appreciated
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Welcome. As others have said, you need to narrow it down in the ways hhmoore hhmoore mentioned, or tell us what you want to do with the knife. Is it for camping? Fishing? Self-defense? Your job? etc etc etc.

If you don't know the answers to his or my questions...and many don't....nothing wrong with that....buy the one that you think is coolest looking. We can't tell you what you think is coolest looking.
 
I’m sorry about the lack of additional info in the post. I should’ve worded it differently also, I was really just wanting to hear some of your thoughts on each of those knives and maybe some positive or negative experiences with them.
What I am looking for in this knife is to be aesthetically pleasing, be comfortable to use, and be well made. I plan on putting whatever I get into my edc rotation but most likely it will only be used to open packages and other light duty tasks. I already have a few hard use knives, and some gentlemans knives, so I guess what I’m looking for is one that just has that “cool factor” as most of my knives are pretty plain and purpose built.
I’m probably going to end up getting the Clyde, I don’t have any Elmax blades and I really want to try it out, also as soon as I saw the Clyde in micarta I said “I have to have that” lol.
Thank you all for the feedback, if anyone has any other suggestions I’d love to hear them.
 
You'd be surprised how many of us, and how often, we spend a shameful amount of time doing rational, realistic, comparisons of knives, line by line, number by number, trying to arrive at some theoretical "best" choice.

Then just buy the one we like the most.

And for what it's worth, when somebody asks open-ended questions that start with some variation on "what knife...?"

The Bladeforums answer is "Smatchet".
 
Out of those 3, I'd get the Protech hands down.
Fantastic CS and an awesome quality knife. You can feel the quality the first time you fire it. I own 4. My EDC
 
I'd say the Clyde. Not a Fox fan. I don't own a Protech.







Yet...
 
Have a Godson that I got recently from the Pay it Forward thread, and it's pretty cool (my first auto), but one thing I noticed is that when it's open, I barely have to push the button to unlock it. Like it's scary how little pressure releases the blade. Don't think I'd trust stabbing anything with it.
 
jlauffer said:
Have a Godson that I got recently from the Pay it Forward thread, and it's pretty cool (my first auto), but one thing I noticed is that when it's open, I barely have to push the button to unlock it. Like it's scary how little pressure releases the blade. Don't think I'd trust stabbing anyone* with it.
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*Fixed :eek:
 
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